diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
index ed0dceca31..b4be4cbaff 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
@@ -655,8 +655,10 @@ sc_plugin_ifcfg_init (SCPluginIfcfg *plugin)
 	}
 
 	if (!success) {
-		dbus_g_connection_unref (priv->bus);
-		priv->bus = NULL;
+		if (priv->bus) {
+			dbus_g_connection_unref (priv->bus);
+			priv->bus = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }